Implementing IBM FlashSystem 9200, 9100, 7200, and 5100 Systems with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.3.1

Implementing IBM FlashSystem 9200, 9100, 7200, and 5100 Systems with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.3.1

by Jack Armstrong, Tiago Bastos, Pawel Brodacki, Markus Döllinger, Jon Herd, Sergey Kubin, Carsten Larsen, Hartmut Lonzer, Jon Tate
Released September 2020
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738458915

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Book description

Continuing its commitment to developing and delivering industry-leading storage technologies, IBM® introduces the IBM FlashSystem® solution that is powered by
IBM Spectrum® Virtualize V8.3.1. This innovative storage offering delivers essential storage efficiency technologies and exceptional ease of use and performance, all integrated into a compact, modular design that is offered at a competitive, midrange price.

The solution incorporates some of the top IBM technologies that are typically found only in enterprise-class storage systems, which raises the standard for storage efficiency in midrange disk systems. This cutting-edge storage system extends the comprehensive storage portfolio from IBM and can help change the way organizations address the ongoing information explosion.

This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces the features and functions of an IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.3.1 system through several examples. This book is aimed at pre-sales and post-sales technical support and marketing and storage administrators. It helps you understand the architecture, how to implement it, and how to take advantage of its industry-leading functions and features.

Applicability: This edition applies to IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.3.1 and the associated hardware and software that is detailed within. The screen captures included within this book might differ from the generally available (GA) version because parts of this book were written with pre-GA code. On 11 February 2020, IBM announced that it was simplifying its portfolio. This book was written by using previous models of the product line before the simplification; however, most of the general principles apply. If you are in any doubt as to their applicability, contact your local IBM representative.

IBM Knowledge Center: In this book we provide links to Knowledge Center and a description of the relevant section that provides more information. Our starting point is the IBM FlashSystem 9200 family page, and the reader may have to select the product that applies to their environment.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  3. Preface
    1. Authors
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    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction and system overview
    1. 1.1 Benefits of using IBM Spectrum Virtualize
    2. 1.2 Storage virtualization terminology
    3. 1.3 Latest changes and enhancements
    4. 1.4 IBM Spectrum Virtualize family
      1. 1.4.1 IBM FlashSystem simplified terminology
    5. 1.5 IBM FlashSystem 5100 overview
      1. 1.5.1 IBM FlashSystem 5100 Model 4H4 supported hardware
      2. 1.5.2 IBM FlashSystem 5100 Model 4F4 supported hardware
      3. 1.5.3 Supported fabric protocols
      4. 1.5.4 Host interface cards
      5. 1.5.5 On board ports
      6. 1.5.6 IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software
      7. 1.5.7 Feature set comparison
      8. 1.5.8 Licensing
      9. 1.5.9 Storage migration and management
      10. 1.5.10 Data migration by using the external virtualization feature
      11. 1.5.11 External storage virtualization
      12. 1.5.12 Managing internal storage
    6. 1.6 Features for storage efficiency and data reduction
      1. 1.6.1 Compression and deduplication
      2. 1.6.2 Features for enhanced data security
    7. 1.7 Copy services and HyperSwap
      1. 1.7.1 HyperSwap
      2. 1.7.2 Features for application integration
    8. 1.8 Features for manageability
    9. 1.9 IBM FlashSystem 7200 overview
      1. 1.9.1 IBM FlashSystem 7200 hardware components
      2. 1.9.2 IBM FlashSystem 7200 Control Enclosure
      3. 1.9.3 IBM FlashSystem 7200 Model 824 system
      4. 1.9.4 IBM FlashSystem 7200 Expansion Enclosures 12G and 24G
      5. 1.9.5 Dense Expansion Enclosure 92G
      6. 1.9.6 IBM FlashSystem 7200 Utility Models U7C
    10. 1.10 IBM FlashSystem 9100 overview
      1. 1.10.1 IBM FlashSystem 9100 hardware components
      2. 1.10.2 IBM FlashSystem 9100 Control Enclosure
      3. 1.10.3 IBM FlashSystem 9100 Model 9110 Control Enclosure AF7
      4. 1.10.4 IBM FlashSystem 9100 Model 9150 Control Enclosure AF8
      5. 1.10.5 IBM FlashSystem 9100 Model 9150 Expansion Enclosure Models AFF/A9F
      6. 1.10.6 IBM FlashSystem 9100 Utility Models UF7 and UF8
    11. 1.11 IBM FlashSystem 9200 overview
      1. 1.11.1 IBM FlashSystem 9200 hardware components
      2. 1.11.2 IBM FlashSystem 9200 Control Enclosure
      3. 1.11.3 IBM FlashSystem 9200 Control Enclosure Model AG8
      4. 1.11.4 IBM FlashSystem 9200 Utility Model UG8
      5. 1.11.5 IBM FlashSystem 9000 Expansion Enclosure Models AFF and A9F
    12. 1.12 IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution overview
      1. 1.12.1 Minimum IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution configuration in the rack
      2. 1.12.2 Maximum configuration of an IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution with Model A9F Expansion Enclosures
      3. 1.12.3 Maximum configuration of a IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution with Model AFF Expansion Enclosures
      4. 1.12.4 FC cabling and clustering
      5. 1.12.5 IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution FC configuration with 8977-T32 Cisco switches
      6. 1.12.6 IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution FC configuration with 8960-F34 Brocade switches
      7. 1.12.7 IBM FlashSystem 9200R Rack Solution SAS Expansion Enclosures cabling
    13. 1.13 IBM FlashCore Module drives, NVMe SSDs, and SCM drives
      1. 1.13.1 Support for host platforms, adapters, and switches
    14. 1.14 Software features and licensing
      1. 1.14.1 IBM Spectrum Virtualize for IBM FlashSystem 9100, 9200, and 7200 systems
      2. 1.14.2 IBM Multi-Cloud starter software for IBM FlashSystem 9100, 9200, and 7200 systems
      3. 1.14.3 IBM FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions
      4. 1.14.4 IBM FlashSystem 9200 and 7200 Multi-Cloud solutions
      5. 1.14.5 IBM FlashSystem 9100, 9200, and 7200 high availability
    15. 1.15 Data protection on IBM FlashSystem 9100, 9200, and 7200 systems
      1. 1.15.1 Variable Stripe RAID
      2. 1.15.2 DRAID
  5. Chapter 2. Planning
    1. 2.1 General planning rules
    2. 2.2 Planning for availability
    3. 2.3 Physical installation planning
    4. 2.4 Planning for system management
    5. 2.5 Connectivity planning
    6. 2.6 Fibre Channel SAN configuration planning
      1. 2.6.1 Physical topology
      2. 2.6.2 Zoning
      3. 2.6.3 N_Port ID Virtualization
      4. 2.6.4 Inter-node zone
      5. 2.6.5 Back-end storage zones
      6. 2.6.6 Host zones
      7. 2.6.7 Zoning considerations for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
      8. 2.6.8 Port designation recommendations
    7. 2.7 IP SAN configuration planning
      1. 2.7.1 iSCSI and iSER protocols
      2. 2.7.2 Priority flow control
      3. 2.7.3 RDMA clustering
      4. 2.7.4 iSCSI back-end storage attachment
      5. 2.7.5 IP network host attachment
      6. 2.7.6 Native IP replication
      7. 2.7.7 Firewall planning
    8. 2.8 Back-end storage configuration
    9. 2.9 Internal storage configuration
    10. 2.10 Storage pool configuration
      1. 2.10.1 The storage pool and cache relationship
    11. 2.11 Volume configuration
      1. 2.11.1 Planning for image mode volumes
      2. 2.11.2 Planning for fully allocated volumes
      3. 2.11.3 Planning for thin-provisioned volumes
      4. 2.11.4 Planning for compressed volumes
      5. 2.11.5 Planning for deduplicated volumes
    12. 2.12 Host attachment planning
      1. 2.12.1 Queue depth
      2. 2.12.2 Microsoft Offloaded Data Transfer
      3. 2.12.3 SAN boot support
      4. 2.12.4 Planning for large deployments
      5. 2.12.5 Planning for SCSI UNMAP
    13. 2.13 Planning copy services
      1. 2.13.1 FlashCopy guidelines
      2. 2.13.2 Planning for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
    14. 2.14 Data migration
    15. 2.15 Performance monitoring with IBM Storage Insights
    16. 2.16 Configuration backup procedure
  6. Chapter 3. Initial configuration
    1. 3.1 Prerequisites
    2. 3.2 System initialization
      1. 3.2.1 System initialization process
    3. 3.3 System setup
      1. 3.3.1 System setup wizard
    4. 3.4 Base configuration
      1. 3.4.1 Configuring Remote Direct Memory Access clustering
      2. 3.4.2 Adding an enclosure
      3. 3.4.3 Changing the system topology to HyperSwap
      4. 3.4.4 Configuring quorum disks or applications
      5. 3.4.5 Configuring the local Fibre Channel port masking
      6. 3.4.6 Automatic configuration for IBM SAN Volume Controller back-end storage
    5. 3.5 Configuring management access
      1. 3.5.1 Configuring secure communications
      2. 3.5.2 Configuring user authentication
  7. Chapter 4. IBM Spectrum Virtualize GUI
    1. 4.1 Performing operations by using the GUI
      1. 4.1.1 Accessing the GUI
    2. 4.2 GUI introduction
      1. 4.2.1 Task menu
      2. 4.2.2 Suggested tasks
      3. 4.2.3 Notification icons and help
    3. 4.3 System - Overview window
      1. 4.3.1 Content-based organization
    4. 4.4 Monitoring menu
      1. 4.4.1 System overview
      2. 4.4.2 Easy Tier Reports
      3. 4.4.3 Events
      4. 4.4.4 Performance
      5. 4.4.5 Background Tasks
    5. 4.5 Pools
    6. 4.6 Volumes
    7. 4.7 Hosts
    8. 4.8 Copy Services
    9. 4.9 Access
      1. 4.9.1 Ownership groups
      2. 4.9.2 Users by groups
      3. 4.9.3 Audit log
    10. 4.10 Settings
      1. 4.10.1 Notifications
      2. 4.10.2 Network
      3. 4.10.3 Using the management GUI
      4. 4.10.4 Security
      5. 4.10.5 System menus
      6. 4.10.6 Support menu
      7. 4.10.7 GUI Preferences menu
    11. 4.11 Additional frequent tasks in the GUI
      1. 4.11.1 Renaming components
      2. 4.11.2 Working with enclosures
      3. 4.11.3 Restarting the GUI service
  8. Chapter 5. Storage pools
    1. 5.1 Working with storage pools
      1. 5.1.1 Creating storage pools
      2. 5.1.2 Managed disks in a storage pool
      3. 5.1.3 Actions on storage pools
      4. 5.1.4 Child pools
      5. 5.1.5 Encrypted storage pools
    2. 5.2 Working with internal drives and arrays
      1. 5.2.1 Working with drives
      2. 5.2.2 RAID and distributed redundant array of independent disks
      3. 5.2.3 Creating arrays
      4. 5.2.4 Actions on arrays
    3. 5.3 Working with external controllers and MDisks
      1. 5.3.1 External storage controllers
      2. 5.3.2 Actions for external storage controllers
      3. 5.3.3 Working with external MDisks
      4. 5.3.4 Actions for external MDisks
  9. Chapter 6. Volumes
    1. 6.1 Introduction to volumes
    2. 6.2 Volume characteristics
      1. 6.2.1 Volume type
      2. 6.2.2 Managed mode and image mode
      3. 6.2.3 Size
      4. 6.2.4 Performance
      5. 6.2.5 Volume copies
      6. 6.2.6 I/O operations data flow
      7. 6.2.7 Storage efficiency
      8. 6.2.8 Encryption
      9. 6.2.9 Cache mode
      10. 6.2.10 I/O throttling
      11. 6.2.11 Volume protection
      12. 6.2.12 Secure data deletion
    3. 6.3 Virtual volumes
    4. 6.4 Volumes in multi-site topologies
    5. 6.5 Operations on volumes
      1. 6.5.1 Creating volumes
      2. 6.5.2 Creating custom volumes
      3. 6.5.3 HyperSwap volumes
      4. 6.5.4 I/O throttling
      5. 6.5.5 Volume protection
      6. 6.5.6 Modifying a volume
      7. 6.5.7 Deleting a volume
      8. 6.5.8 Mapping a volume to a host
      9. 6.5.9 Migrating a volume to another storage pool
    6. 6.6 Volume operations by using the CLI
      1. 6.6.1 Displaying volume information
      2. 6.6.2 Creating a volume
      3. 6.6.3 Creating a thin-provisioned volume
      4. 6.6.4 Creating a volume in image mode
      5. 6.6.5 Adding a volume copy
      6. 6.6.6 Splitting a mirrored volume
      7. 6.6.7 Modifying a volume
      8. 6.6.8 Deleting a volume
      9. 6.6.9 Volume protection
      10. 6.6.10 Expanding a volume
      11. 6.6.11 HyperSwap volume modification with CLI
      12. 6.6.12 Mapping a volume to a host
      13. 6.6.13 Listing volumes that are mapped to the host
      14. 6.6.14 Listing hosts that are mapped to the volume
      15. 6.6.15 Deleting a volume to host mapping
      16. 6.6.16 Migrating a volume
      17. 6.6.17 Migrating a fully managed volume to an image mode volume
      18. 6.6.18 Shrinking a volume
      19. 6.6.19 Listing volumes that use MDisks
      20. 6.6.20 Listing MDisks that are used by the volume
      21. 6.6.21 Listing volumes that are defined in the storage pool
      22. 6.6.22 Listing storage pools in which a volume has its extents
      23. 6.6.23 Tracing a volume from a host back to its physical disks
  10. Chapter 7. Hosts
    1. 7.1 Host attachment overview
    2. 7.2 Host clusters
    3. 7.3 NVMe over Fibre Channel
    4. 7.4 N_Port ID Virtualization support
      1. 7.4.1 NPIV prerequisites
      2. 7.4.2 Enabling NPIV on a new system
      3. 7.4.3 Enabling NPIV on an existing system
    5. 7.5 Hosts operations by using the GUI
      1. 7.5.1 Creating hosts
      2. 7.5.2 About host clusters
      3. 7.5.3 Advanced host administration
      4. 7.5.4 Hosts and host clusters
      5. 7.5.5 Ports by Host
      6. 7.5.6 Mappings
      7. 7.5.7 Volumes by Host
      8. 7.5.8 Volumes by Host Cluster
    6. 7.6 Performing hosts operations by using the command-line interface
      1. 7.6.1 Creating a host by using the CLI
      2. 7.6.2 Advanced host administration by using the CLI
      3. 7.6.3 Adding and deleting a host port by using the CLI
      4. 7.6.4 Host cluster operations
  11. Chapter 8. Storage migration
    1. 8.1 Storage migration overview
      1. 8.1.1 Interoperability and compatibility
      2. 8.1.2 Prerequisites
    2. 8.2 Storage migration wizard
  12. Chapter 9. Advanced features for storage efficiency
    1. 9.1 IBM Easy Tier
      1. 9.1.1 Easy Tier concepts
      2. 9.1.2 Implementing and tuning Easy Tier
      3. 9.1.3 Monitoring Easy Tier activity
    2. 9.2 Thin-provisioned volumes
      1. 9.2.1 Concepts
      2. 9.2.2 Implementation
    3. 9.3 UNMAP
      1. 9.3.1 The SCSI UNMAP command
      2. 9.3.2 Back-end SCSI UNMAP
      3. 9.3.3 Host SCSI UNMAP
      4. 9.3.4 Offloading I/O throttle
    4. 9.4 Data Reduction Pools
      1. 9.4.1 Introduction to DRP
      2. 9.4.2 DRP benefits
      3. 9.4.3 Planning for DRP
      4. 9.4.4 Implementing DRP with compression and deduplication
    5. 9.5 Saving estimations for compression and deduplication
      1. 9.5.1 Evaluating compression savings by using IBM Comprestimator
      2. 9.5.2 Evaluating compression and deduplication
    6. 9.6 Overprovisioning and data reduction on external storage
  13. Chapter 10. Advanced Copy Services
    1. 10.1 IBM FlashCopy
      1. 10.1.1 Business requirements for FlashCopy
      2. 10.1.2 FlashCopy principles and terminology
      3. 10.1.3 FlashCopy mapping
      4. 10.1.4 Consistency groups
      5. 10.1.5 Crash-consistent copy and hosts considerations
      6. 10.1.6 Grains and bitmap: I/O indirection
      7. 10.1.7 Interaction with cache
      8. 10.1.8 Background Copy Rate
      9. 10.1.9 Incremental FlashCopy
      10. 10.1.10 Starting FlashCopy mappings and consistency groups
      11. 10.1.11 Multiple target FlashCopy
      12. 10.1.12 Reverse FlashCopy
      13. 10.1.13 FlashCopy and image mode volumes
      14. 10.1.14 FlashCopy mapping events
      15. 10.1.15 Thin-provisioned FlashCopy
      16. 10.1.16 Serialization of I/O by FlashCopy
      17. 10.1.17 Event handling
      18. 10.1.18 Asynchronous notifications
      19. 10.1.19 Interoperation with Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
      20. 10.1.20 FlashCopy attributes and limitations
    2. 10.2 Managing FlashCopy by using the GUI
      1. 10.2.1 FlashCopy presets
      2. 10.2.2 FlashCopy window
      3. 10.2.3 Creating a FlashCopy mapping
      4. 10.2.4 Single-click snapshot
      5. 10.2.5 Single-click clone
      6. 10.2.6 Single-click backup
      7. 10.2.7 Creating a FlashCopy consistency group
      8. 10.2.8 Creating FlashCopy mappings
      9. 10.2.9 Showing related volumes
      10. 10.2.10 Moving FlashCopy mappings across consistency groups
      11. 10.2.11 Removing FlashCopy mappings from consistency groups
      12. 10.2.12 Modifying a FlashCopy mapping
      13. 10.2.13 Renaming FlashCopy mappings
      14. 10.2.14 Deleting FlashCopy mappings
      15. 10.2.15 Deleting a FlashCopy consistency group
      16. 10.2.16 Starting FlashCopy mappings
      17. 10.2.17 Stopping FlashCopy mappings
      18. 10.2.18 Memory allocation for FlashCopy
    3. 10.3 Transparent Cloud Tiering
      1. 10.3.1 Considerations for using Transparent Cloud Tiering
      2. 10.3.2 Transparent Cloud Tiering as a backup solution and for data migration
      3. 10.3.3 Restoring data by using Transparent Cloud Tiering
      4. 10.3.4 Transparent Cloud Tiering restrictions
    4. 10.4 Implementing Transparent Cloud Tiering
      1. 10.4.1 Domain name server configuration
      2. 10.4.2 Enabling Transparent Cloud Tiering
      3. 10.4.3 Creating cloud snapshots
      4. 10.4.4 Managing cloud snapshots
      5. 10.4.5 Restoring cloud snapshots
    5. 10.5 Volume mirroring and migration options
    6. 10.6 Remote Copy services
      1. 10.6.1 IBM FlashSystem 9100 system layers
      2. 10.6.2 Multiple IBM Spectrum Virtualize systems replication
      3. 10.6.3 Importance of write ordering
      4. 10.6.4 Remote Copy intercluster communication
      5. 10.6.5 Metro Mirror overview
      6. 10.6.6 Synchronous Remote Copy
      7. 10.6.7 Metro Mirror features
      8. 10.6.8 Metro Mirror attributes
      9. 10.6.9 Practical use of Metro Mirror
      10. 10.6.10 Global Mirror overview
      11. 10.6.11 Asynchronous Remote Copy
      12. 10.6.12 Global Mirror features
      13. 10.6.13 Using GMCV
      14. 10.6.14 Distribution of work among nodes
      15. 10.6.15 Background copy performance
      16. 10.6.16 Thin-provisioned background copy
      17. 10.6.17 Methods of synchronization
      18. 10.6.18 Practical use of Global Mirror
      19. 10.6.19 IBM Spectrum Virtualize HyperSwap topology
      20. 10.6.20 Consistency Protection for Global Mirror and Metro Mirror
      21. 10.6.21 Valid combinations of FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror
      22. 10.6.22 Remote Copy configuration limits
      23. 10.6.23 Remote Copy states and events
    7. 10.7 Remote Copy commands
      1. 10.7.1 Remote Copy process
      2. 10.7.2 Listing available system partners
      3. 10.7.3 Changing the system parameters
      4. 10.7.4 System partnership
      5. 10.7.5 Creating a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
      6. 10.7.6 Creating a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
      7. 10.7.7 Changing a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
      8. 10.7.8 Changing a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
      9. 10.7.9 Starting a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
      10. 10.7.10 Stopping a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
      11. 10.7.11 Starting a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
      12. 10.7.12 Stopping a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
      13. 10.7.13 Deleting a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
      14. 10.7.14 Deleting a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
      15. 10.7.15 Reversing a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
      16. 10.7.16 Reversing a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
    8. 10.8 Native IP replication
      1. 10.8.1 Native IP replication technology
      2. 10.8.2 IP partnership limitations
      3. 10.8.3 IP partnership and data compression
      4. 10.8.4 VLAN support
      5. 10.8.5 IP partnership and terminology
      6. 10.8.6 States of IP partnership
      7. 10.8.7 Remote Copy groups
      8. 10.8.8 Supported configurations
    9. 10.9 Managing Remote Copy by using the GUI
      1. 10.9.1 Creating a Fibre Channel partnership
      2. 10.9.2 Creating Remote Copy relationships
      3. 10.9.3 Creating a consistency group
      4. 10.9.4 Renaming Remote Copy relationships
      5. 10.9.5 Renaming a Remote Copy consistency group
      6. 10.9.6 Moving stand-alone Remote Copy relationships to consistency group
      7. 10.9.7 Removing Remote Copy relationships from a consistency group
      8. 10.9.8 Starting Remote Copy relationships
      9. 10.9.9 Starting a Remote Copy consistency group
      10. 10.9.10 Switching a relationship’s copy direction
      11. 10.9.11 Switching a consistency group direction
      12. 10.9.12 Stopping Remote Copy relationships
      13. 10.9.13 Stopping a consistency group
      14. 10.9.14 Deleting Remote Copy relationships
      15. 10.9.15 Deleting a consistency group
    10. 10.10 Remote Copy memory allocation
    11. 10.11 Troubleshooting Remote Copy
      1. 10.11.1 1920 error
      2. 10.11.2 1720 error
  14. Chapter 11. Ownership groups
    1. 11.1 Ownership groups principles of operations
    2. 11.2 Implementing ownership groups on a new system
      1. 11.2.1 Creating an ownership group
      2. 11.2.2 Assigning users to an ownership group
      3. 11.2.3 Creating ownership group resources
      4. 11.2.4 Listing ownership group resources
      5. 11.2.5 Actions on ownership groups
    3. 11.3 Migrating existing objects to ownership groups
  15. Chapter 12. Encryption
    1. 12.1 General types of encryption across IBM Spectrum Virtualize
      1. 12.1.1 Externally virtualized storage
      2. 12.1.2 Serial-attached SCSI internal storage
      3. 12.1.3 Non-Volatile Memory Express internal storage
    2. 12.2 Planning for encryption
    3. 12.3 Defining encryption of data at-rest
      1. 12.3.1 Encryption methods
      2. 12.3.2 Encrypted data
      3. 12.3.3 Encryption keys
      4. 12.3.4 Encryption licenses
    4. 12.4 Activating encryption
      1. 12.4.1 Obtaining an encryption license
      2. 12.4.2 Starting the activation process during the initial system setup
      3. 12.4.3 Starting the activation process on a running system
      4. 12.4.4 Activating the license automatically
      5. 12.4.5 Activating the license manually
    5. 12.5 Enabling encryption
      1. 12.5.1 Starting the Enable Encryption wizard
      2. 12.5.2 Enabling encryption by using USB flash drives
      3. 12.5.3 Enabling encryption by using key servers
      4. 12.5.4 Enabling encryption by using both providers
    6. 12.6 Configuring more providers
      1. 12.6.1 Adding key servers as a second provider
      2. 12.6.2 Adding USB flash drives as a second provider
    7. 12.7 Migrating between providers
      1. 12.7.1 Changing from a USB flash drive provider to an encryption key server
      2. 12.7.2 Changing from an encryption key server to a USB flash drive provider
      3. 12.7.3 Migrating between different key server types
    8. 12.8 Recovering from a provider loss
    9. 12.9 Using encryption
      1. 12.9.1 Encrypted pools
      2. 12.9.2 Encrypted child pools
      3. 12.9.3 Encrypted arrays
      4. 12.9.4 Encrypted MDisks
      5. 12.9.5 Encrypted volumes
      6. 12.9.6 Restrictions
    10. 12.10 Rekeying an encryption-enabled system
      1. 12.10.1 Rekeying by using a key server
      2. 12.10.2 Rekeying by using USB flash drives
    11. 12.11 Disabling encryption
  16. Chapter 13. Reliability, availability, and serviceability, monitoring and logging, and troubleshooting
    1. 13.1 Reliability, availability, and serviceability
      1. 13.1.1 Node canisters
      2. 13.1.2 Expansion canisters
      3. 13.1.3 Dense Drawer Enclosures LED
      4. 13.1.4 Enclosure SAS cabling
      5. 13.1.5 IBM FlashCore Module drives
      6. 13.1.6 Power
    2. 13.2 Shutting down the IBM FlashSystem
      1. 13.2.1 Shutting down and powering on a complete infrastructure
    3. 13.3 Removing or adding a node from or to the system
    4. 13.4 Configuration backup
      1. 13.4.1 Backing up by using the CLI
      2. 13.4.2 Saving the backup by using the GUI
    5. 13.5 Software update
      1. 13.5.1 Precautions before the update
      2. 13.5.2 IBM FlashSystem update test utility
      3. 13.5.3 Updating your IBM FlashSystem to Version 8.3.1
      4. 13.5.4 Updating the IBM FlashSystem drive code
      5. 13.5.5 Manually updating the system
    6. 13.6 Health checker feature
    7. 13.7 Troubleshooting and fix procedures
      1. 13.7.1 Managing the event log
      2. 13.7.2 Running a fix procedure
      3. 13.7.3 Event log details
    8. 13.8 Monitoring
      1. 13.8.1 Email notifications and the Call Home function
      2. 13.8.2 Remote Support Assistance
      3. 13.8.3 SNMP configuration
      4. 13.8.4 Syslog notifications
    9. 13.9 Audit log
    10. 13.10 Collecting support information by using the GUI, CLI, and USB
      1. 13.10.1 Collecting information by using the GUI
      2. 13.10.2 Collecting logs by using the CLI
      3. 13.10.3 Collecting logs by using a USB flash drive
      4. 13.10.4 Uploading files to the IBM Support Center
    11. 13.11 Service Assistant Tool
    12. 13.12 IBM Storage Insights monitoring
      1. 13.12.1 Capacity monitoring
      2. 13.12.2 Performance monitoring
      3. 13.12.3 Logging support tickets by using IBM Storage Insights
      4. 13.12.4 Managing existing support tickets by using IBM Storage Insights and uploading logs
  17. Appendix A. Performance data and statistics gathering
    1. IBM Storage System performance overview
    2. Performance monitoring
  18. Appendix B. Command-line interface setup
    1. CLI setup
  19. Appendix C. Terminology
    1. Commonly encountered terms
  20. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Help from IBM
  21. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Implementing IBM FlashSystem 9200, 9100, 7200, and 5100 Systems with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.3.1
  • Author(s): Jack Armstrong, Tiago Bastos, Pawel Brodacki, Markus Döllinger, Jon Herd, Sergey Kubin, Carsten Larsen, Hartmut Lonzer, Jon Tate
  • Release date: September 2020
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738458915